worthless without a trackpoint mouse…

An online survey by users show a majority prefer a trackpoint (pointing stick) mouse. Reviewers are 90 percent otherwise. What's wrong with this picture. I went out to various sites to look at laptops…and all the help-me-choose features completely omit the pointing device as a criterion.

In picking a new laptop, if I get down to that, I swear to you, more than screens or other stuff, more than fancy covers, lighted keys (I couldn't care less)—it's the pointing device, stupid. If you use a laptop